46 ]4. -CAKYOPHYLLACE^. 



2. E. Syeh-opiper (L.) ; 1. opposite shorter than their petioles, 

 fl. sessile with 8 stam. and 4 ovate pet., caps, roundish depressed 

 4-celled, seeds bent almost double pendulous 4 in each cell. — 

 E. B. 8. 2670.— Plant minute, creeping. Cal. 4-fid.— Very 

 rare, growing under water. A. VIII. E. I. 



Order XIV. CAETOPHTLLACE^. 



Sep. 5 or 4, distinct or connected into a tube. Pet. 6 or 4, 

 clawed,. Stam, usually twice as niany, sometimes as many as the 

 petals, free or connected at the base. Anth. opening longitudi- 

 nally. Ovary one, often stalked. Stigmas 2 — 5, sessile, fili- 

 form. Caps. 1- or imperfectly 2 — 5-celled, opening by twice 

 as many teeth as stigmas, sometimes valvular. Placenta cen- 

 tral. Embryo generally curved round mealy albumen. — L. 

 opposite, without or rarely with scariouB stipules. 



Suborder I. SILENE^. 



Sep. connate, forming a tube. Stam. 10. Filaments connate 

 into a tube below and adnate to the stalk of the ovary. Caps, 

 usually stalked. — Pet. 5, clawed in all our plants. No stipxiles. 



* Two or more imbricate opposite scales at the hose of the calyx. 



1. DiANTHtrs. Cal. 5-toothed. Styles 2. Caps. 1-ceUed, 

 many-seeded, opening at the top with 4 valves. Seeds 

 peltate, convex above, concave beneath and more or less 



** No scales at the hose of the calyx. 



2. Saponaeia. Cal. 5-toothed, terete. Styles 2. Caps. 

 1-celled, opening at the top with 4 valves. Seeds globular 

 or remiform. 



[3. CirciraAi.us. CaJ. 5-toothed, Styles 3. Caps, a globose 

 1-celled berry. Seeds reniform.] 



4. Sii/BNE. Cal. 6-toothed. Styles 3. Caps, more or less 

 completely 3-ceUed, opening at the top with 6 valves. Seeds 

 renilorm. — (Rarely 5 styles and 5-valved caps, in 8. ma- 

 ritima.') 



5. Lychnis. Cal. 5-toothed. Styles 6. Ca2>s 1- or half 5- 

 celled, opening at the top loith 5 or 10 teeth. 



Suborder II. ALSINE^. 



Sep. distinct. Stam. free, inserted into a more or less evi- 

 dent hypogynous ring. Caps, sessile. No stipules. 



